The service provider will participate in the expertise and promotion of the use of simulation and parallel computing techniques with the higher education-research community and will also be called upon for tasks related to the administration of systems according to the specific technical clauses. defined in article 3. The service is set for a period of one year, possibly renewable once for one year, and will be carried out within the National Computer Center for Higher Education (CINES) located at 950 rue Saint-Priest in Montpellier. He may be required to participate in European projects.

Within the "Archiving and dissemination" department, subordinated to the head of the "Archiving and dissemination" department for the tasks entrusted to him within the framework of the contract, the service provider will mainly participate in the development of the long-term preservation service for scientific data for meet the needs of the “higher education and research” community. He may be required to work on European projects.